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Alzheimer's carers awarded £300,000 after NHS refuses to pay care costs - The Telegraph 19th August 2009
Three families looking after relatives with Alzheimer's have been awarded more than £300,000 after the NHS refused to pay for their care costs.
Coffee 'could cure Alzheimer's' - The Sunday Telegraph 5th July 2009
The effects of Alzheimer's disease could be reversed by drinking just a few cups of coffee a day, new research suggests.
Video: People with Alzheimer’s ‘treated no better than in Victorian times’ - The Times 4th June 2009
People with Alzheimer’s are languishing in care homes and being given excessive drugs in treatment programmes reminiscent of the Victorian approach to mental illness, a leading researcher claims.
John Zeisel, a sociologist specialising in neuroscience, said the way that sufferers of the disease were cared for in Britain required an overhaul.
Jeremy Kuper: Drugs used to manage challenging Alzheimer's patients can double the risk of death – but also ease suffering - The Guardian 10th January 2009
Drugs used to manage challenging Alzheimer's patients can double the risk of death – but also ease suffering
Author attacks Alzheimer's ban - The Independent 18th August 2008
Terry Pratchett, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, has condemned the NHS for failing to provide a drug, Aricept, that can dramatically improve symptoms.
Pratchett, 60, known for his Discworld novels, questioned why the anti-impotence drug Viagra was
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